KI NA TU, MAGONDI!

"The Seven Skulls of Magondi" appeared in CHAMBER OF CHILLS #6  (March 1952) with inks by Lee Elias and pencils believed to be the work of Warren Kremer.

In this issue is another story with unintelligible verbal nonsense, Carl Carruda thought he had it made when he killed the witch doctor and stole his necklace of priceless rubies. With it strung around his neck, he heads out of the jungle but soon learns that the witch doctor's magic is still potent after death.

DEATH BY JELLY (PEANUT BUTTER NOT INCLUDED)

This one's about as weird as they get. A (yes) mad scientist concocts a serum that he injects into a blob of protoplasm and the thing morphs into a humanoid monster that -- what else? -- goes on a killing rampage.

Nice artwork by the team of Bob Powell (pencils) and Howard Nostrand and Marty Epp (inks).

"Jelly Death" from CHAMBER OF CHILLS #6 (March 1952).

BEWARE THE BLOBS!

Five years before Steve McQueen encountered a giant, jellied mass in a small town in Pennsylvania, a horror comic introduced the concept. Working feverishly at the Farnley Experimental Laboratories, bacteriologists Fisk and Bartlett have developed a "rare and malignant" species of bacteria that evolves into a giant, hungry, flesh-eating blob. It's up to Dr. Hughes working conveniently at another bacteriology lab nearby to come up with a solution before the thing consumes the entire planet.

"Nightmare of Doom" appeared in Harvey's CHAMBER OF CHILLS #15 (January 1953) with art by Al Avison. Generally referred to as the cover story for this issue, based on the image, Lee Elias likely had only the story title to rely on.

HEADLESS AND LOVING IT!

TV reporter Vern Sherrard had no idea what he was getting into when he traveled to England to visit the haunted Castle Deere, where it was said that a headless woman roamed the halls at night, the victim of a murder 300 years earlier. Well, it turns out that Sherrard was the murderous husband in a past life who chopped the head off his wife and left the sword sticking in her back. It took three centuries, but she finally got to pay return the favor!

"Headless Horror" appeared in Harvey's CHAMBER OF CHILLS #8 (May 1952). Art is by Abe Simon.

THE SPIDER MAN!

This quartet of creepy stories is highlighted by the eerie tale of "The Spider Man!" No, it's not the Spider-Man you're all more familiar with by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko; this one is from over a decade earlier and infinitely more horrifying!

CHAMBER OF CHILLS

Vol. 1 No. 14

November 1952

Witches Tales, Inc. (Harvey Comics)

Editor: Leon Harvey

Cover: Lee Elias (illustrating "Down to Death!")

Pages: 36

Cover price: 10 cents

CONTENTS

"It!"

Script: ?

Art: Vic Donahue

"Strange Superstitions" (one-page filler)

Script: ?

Art: Pete Morisi

"Down to Death!"

Script: ?

Art: Moe Marcus

"The Spider Man!"

Script: ?

Art: Abe Simon

"The Devil's Necklace!"

Script: ?

Art: Rudy Palais